From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ip68-14-160-173.ok.ok.cox.net ([68.14.160.173] helo=red.ki5zw.ampr.org) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 193c7u-0006gZ-00 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 09:30:02 -0400 Received: from red.ki5zw.ampr.org (terry@localhost) by red.ki5zw.ampr.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h3ADUDn23468 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 08:30:13 -0500 Message-Id: <200304101330.h3ADUDn23468@red.ki5zw.ampr.org> To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: ocrxtr recognision software In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Apr 2003 08:26:51 CDT." <200304101326.h3ADQpD23378@red.ki5zw.ampr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <23466.1049981413.1@red.ki5zw.ampr.org> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 08:30:13 -0500 From: Terry Klarich Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I messed up. The cost is $250. I was thinking $300 because I purchased the yearly maintenance. Terry On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 08:26:51 -0500you write: >Ocrxtr is a unix filter program which does no more than take as input a graphical file of many formats and runs optical character >recognition on it. It's output is an ascii text. Very simple. > >One need only to obtain a scanner of their own choosing, install and configure sane. Send the resulting tiff files to ocrxtr. > >I've used the Kurtzwiel reading edge and Aladen Ambassador for years. This product far exceeds these products capibilities. > >The product costs $300 if you are blind and using it for home use. There are several add-on's for $50 each. These are mainly for >output of specialized formats. However, the one you might be interested in is the pdf input license. This allows you to use ocrx >tr >to read pdf files. This is superior to pdf2txt because ocrxtr will perform ocr on the graphical areas of a pdf. > >Terry >On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 06:17:15 -0400 (EDT)you write: >>What does this software do? >> >>-- charlie Crawford. >>On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Christopher Moore wrote: >> >>> Hello listers, >>> I recently saw a rave review of the ocrxtr software for linux from someone >>> on this list. I looked at the vividata site and couldn't find any prices. >>> That is generally a bad sign meaning the price is beyond affordable for an >>> individual. If anyone has any idea of prices, I'd be inteerested either on >>> or off list. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Chris >>> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Speakup mailing list >>Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >